Temporary Camps, Enduring Segregation
The Contentious Politics of Roma and Migrant Housing
Authors: Maestri, Gaja
Free Preview- Analyses three institutional camps characterised by different types of persistent temporarinessOffers an original theoretical perspective, drawing on theories in political sociology and bridging neo-institutionalism and social movements theory with camp studiesUses in-depth interviews and policy document analysis
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This book interrogates the persistence of Roma and migrant segregation in camps in order to understand how the creation of temporary enclosures can lead to enduring marginalisation. Persistent temporariness has been widely acknowledged as a common aspect of these camps, yet it remains largely under-theorised. Gaja Maestri unpacks the notion of camp persistence to delineate its different regimes and to investigate contributing factors. In order to do so, she develops a comparison between Italy and France and offers a new theorisation of the camp as a site of contentious politics, where the interaction between governmental and non-governmental actors produces different temporal arrangements and forms of segregation.
Temporary Camps, Enduring Segregation will be of interest to scholars of political sociology, European comparative politics, and urban geography, specifically to those in the field of camp studies, racial segregation, Romani studies, and urban social movements.
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Gaja Maestri is Postdoctoral Research Associate in the School of Media, Communication and Sociology, University of Leicester, UK.
- Reviews
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“Technologies of control and discipline for ‘unwanted’ populations, camps have become a familiar presence in contemporary cities. This fascinating book offers a theoretically insightful and empirically rich exploration of how camps work and what function they play.” (Nando Sigona, Department of Social Policy, Sociology and Criminology, University of Birmingham, UK)
"In this theoretically challenging and empirically well researched volume, the protracted temporariness of camps is explained by looking at the contentious politics between state and non-state actors." (Donatella della Porta, Scuola Normale Superiore, Italy)
- Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Introduction
Pages 1-40
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From Temporary to Persistent Segregation: Camps, Integration Villages and Transit Estates
Pages 41-96
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The Co-optation of Pro-Roma NGOs: Economic Interest, Buffering Effects and Roma Leaders
Pages 97-134
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The Ambiguity of the Roma Camps: Framing Co-optation
Pages 135-169
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Civil Society Incorporation and Policy Ambiguity in Comparative Perspective
Pages 171-206
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Temporary Camps, Enduring Segregation
- Book Subtitle
- The Contentious Politics of Roma and Migrant Housing
- Authors
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- Gaja Maestri
- Series Title
- Palgrave Studies in European Political Sociology
- Copyright
- 2019
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Copyright Holder
- The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG, part of Springer Nature
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-030-03736-9
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-030-03736-9
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-030-03735-2
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XV, 266
- Number of Illustrations
- 1 b/w illustrations, 24 illustrations in colour
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